Tissue Fashion

The girls wanted to have their own fashion show and experimented with making tissue paper dresses for their dolls. Turned out great!

Summer Craft Camp

Here are some of the projects from this year's summer craft camp.

Fairy (bubble)wands

We used sticks, wire, feathers, beads, and ribbon to make these fairy bubble wands. I think these are still my most favorite functional craft project with kids.

Fairy Doors

Made to place by their favorite tree.

Critter Keeper Necklaces

These are for those summer evenings when the lightning bugs come out or out on a hike. We used: beads, glow in the dark beads, cording, and gum ball machine capsules.

Stepping Stones

Using mosaics, glass gems, and stamps, we created stepping stones. This picture is the still wet photo of a few of them. The kids took home their stones so I didn't get a finished photo.

Found Object masks

Using items that we've been collecting, the kids created masks or creatures.

Gem Suncathers

A more difficult project for the younger campers. But so pretty!

Beach Houses

Last class of the session and I had to skiddaddle out early before they were finished. They looked great when I left. These beach houses were created with watercolors using all the techniques they had been learning from previous weeks.

Tiki Houses

Hedgehogs and Birdies

The Club House Artists created hedgehog planters from air dry clay. We are growing grass in them and can't wait to share those photos.

Final project with grass

 These are some more fabric mache bird sculptures. Their bodies are made of foil then wrapped with fabric in a 50/50 glue and water solution. Clay base and wire legs.

In remembrance of M&M

The Club House Artists lost a friend today. M&M has gone to doggy heaven to pounce around the clouds. Here are their drawings. We talked about using lots of patterns.

Pridelands & Robins

With a mighty "ROAR" our Club House Artists sketched out these fantastic lions on Pride Rock.

And our small fries made these birdie collages.

Instructor Project

I thought you'd like to see a project I recently worked on. This is an antique saw blade that I painted for my parents. It's a picture of the valley where they have their home. It's acrylic.

Some details of the homes and me floating down the river.

Hedgehog Planters

 

These cute little hedgehog planters will sprout grass when they dry and we can add soil and seeds. I can't wait to see their green spikes. This project was a bit challenging for our 1st graders. I'd recommend 4-5th grade for this project. Keeping the right thickness for all the parts seemed to challenge the younger artists. We used Amaco brand moist air dry clay for this project. I've used the Crayola brand air dry clay before and it cracked easily frustrating everyone.

Spring birds and bunnies

 Our little preschoolers and kindergarteners mades these adorable Spring crafts. 

Dr. Seuss Relief Sculptures

I overheard the kids say that this was their all time favorite project yet! Wow, now that's a compliment! I loved how they turned out as well. This took three weeks to complete. The first week they built their sculptures with newspaper, tape, and plaster on the rolls on a canvas. The second weeks were spent painting. 5th graders.